Jim Healy
Vice President – Business Alliances

James J. Healy is Vice President – Business Alliances for T-Mobile USA, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG. T-Mobile USA operates the largest GSM/GPRS 1900 voice and data network, and the largest carrier owned Wi-Fi network, in the United States. Mr Healy accepted this position in May 2003 after serving as President of Cook Inlet T-Mobile PCS from its inception in 1995 until May 2003. Cook Inlet T-Mobile PCS is a partnership between Cook Inlet Region, Inc, an Alaskan Native corporation, and T-Mobile USA (and its predecessors).

Mr. Healy is Chair of GSM North America, and serves on the boards of 3G Americas and ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions). He is a former executive director of C.T.I.A. (Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association) and a former chair of the worldwide GSM Association. The GSM Association is comprised of approximately 700 GSM operators providing service to more than 825 million customers in 190 plus countries around the world.

Mr. Healy's prior experience includes: Vice President - Operations of McCaw Cellular's (now AT&T Wireless) Wireless Data Division, President, CEO and a director of O'Neill Communications Inc. a pioneer in wireless LANs, and President, COO and a director of Millicom Incorporated (NASDAQ: MICC), an international cellular and paging company. Jim was Nortel's first director of sales for Cellular Telephone Systems and began his communications career with AT&T. He was also a founding Director of WINForum and an early Director of C.T.I.A. Healy is a graduate of LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York, and earned his MBA degree at Syracuse University

Additional company information:

Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) is one of 12 Alaska-based regional corporations established by Congress under the terms of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971. CIRI is owned by approximately 7,000 Alaska Native shareholders of Athabascan and southeast Indian, Inupiat and Yupik Eskimo and Aleut descent. The company's principal lines of business include real estate, broadcasting and other communications and natural resource development. CIRI's headquarters are located in Anchorage, AK.

Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile USA, Inc. is a member of the T-Mobile International group, the mobile telecommunications subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT). T-Mobile operates the largest GSM/GPRS 1900 voice and data network in the country, reaching over 245 million people including roaming and other agreements. In addition, T-Mobile operates the largest carrier owned Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless broadband (WLAN) network in the country, available in more than 2,300 public access locations including Starbucks coffeehouses, Borders Books and Music, airports and American Airlines Admirals Clubs. T-Mobile is committed to providing the best value in wireless service through its GET MOREâ promise to provide customers with more minutes, more features and more service than any other wireless provider. For more information, visit the company web site at www.t-mobile.com

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